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an accident doesn't mean the presence of safety. ♪ ♪ >> the future of abortion pills in america could be hanging in the balance. >> this case could have profound implications throughout the entire united states. ♪ ♪ >> my god! >> norah: the cleanup from feet of snow across new york and new england, to the mudslides and heavy rain in california that destroyed homes. >> you get the knock at the door, and you get told safety, get in your car and go. ♪ ♪ >> norah: and the dramatic rescue, a toddler saved from a sinking car. >> it was the best cry i've ever heard in my life. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, an important consumer alert about the recall of millions of sleep apnea machines and the potential health risks to users.

plus, the inspiring story of one of the world's best polar explorers, whose toughest journey was a battle with cancer. but first, the rising tensions tonight after that confrontation between a u.s. surveillance drone and russian fighter jets over the black sea. the incident led to a rare phone call between the secretary of defense and his counterpart in moscow. it's the first time they have spoken in nearly five months. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley, said recovering what is left of the surveillance drone would be difficult. it is likely thousands of feet deep underwater. but that isn't stopping russia from trying. cbs's ed o'keefe is traveling with the president and is going to start us off tonight from las vegas. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. president biden was briefed again today on the downed drone while here on the road. the russians say relations between the two countries are at a low point while white house officials warn all of this could increase the risk of miscalculation. in the race to reach the debris of the downed drone, u.s. officials say the russians arrived at the scene first,

about 60 miles southwest of the crimean peninsula. but getting to it will be a challenge. >> probably about maybe 4000-5000 feet of water so any recovery operation is very difficult at that depth by anyone. >> reporter: officials say the russians will probably be able to collect some pieces of the unmanned mq-9 reaper, like metal chunks, but the drone's software was wiped to ensure nothing valuable was collected. >> we are quite confident that whatever was of value is no longer of value. >> reporter: the u.s. has no presence in the black sea but chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley says allies could help with recovery. former acting director of the cia michael morell says the russians might not glean much from a drone loaded mostly with cameras, but would they still want to recover it. >> to simply see if there's anything they can learn from it about the u.s. capabilities, about possibly defeating those capabilities, or something that they can bring into their own arsenal. >> reporter: the russians claim the americans increased spying operation is what led to the incident, but defense

secretary lloyd austin says it is because of russian aggression. >> it is a part of a pattern of risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace. >> reporter: and in a rare phone call with the russian part number counterpart today, austin made clear... >> the united states will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows. >> reporter: with both sides trying to ratchet down tensions, general milley stopped short of calling it an act of war. >> i'm not going to go there. >> reporter: now u.s. officials are still reviewing photos and videos transmitted by the drone before the crash to get a better sense of what happened and say they eventually plan to release what they can. norah? >> norah: ed o'keefe traveling with the president. thank you so much. on wall street, stocks took another nosedive today over fears in the banking sector. the dow was down near than 700 points or more than 2% before recovering some of the losses late in the day. the head of the senate banking committee says he plans to whole hearings on the problems in the banking industry.

we get more now from cbs's errol barnett. >> reporter: it was another volatile day on wall street. stocks tumbled, dragged down by losses from the big four u.s. banks. following more troubling financial news, this time involving one of europe's largest banks. credit suisse shares fell 24% today over funding concerns and the discovery of material weaknesses in its business. how concerned should americans be based on what they are seeing happening in europe right now? >> the issue with banking is that so much of it is relying on confidence. and we have to really look out for what are the other potential dominoes that could tumble if credit suisse comes under continued pressure? >> reporter: larger u.s. banks have been flooded with new deposits after the sudden collapse of svb. bank of america reportedly received more than $15 billion. jpmorgan has seen billions flowing in, as well. >> i immediately looked at a larger bank.

>> reporter: anthony coombs, who founded a mail-order underwear company in santa monica, moved most of his money out of svb, to a bank he says is too big to fail. >> the first thing i did, i never noticed before, i went online and saw a total amount of assets each bank held because really the end goal here is do we think this bank will go under? >> reporter: while in washington, lawmakers want svb's executives to be held accountable. >> they almost cratered our entire banking system. they paid themselves bonuses, even as their bank was collapsing. >> reporter: channeling that frustration, senator blumenthal and other democrats have introduced legislation aimed at failing banks. if passed, it would claw back any bonuses and profits earned from stock sales within 60 days of a financial firm's collapse. norah? >> norah: errol barnett, thank you so much. residents across new york and new england are digging out after the first nor'easter of

the winter dumped as much as 3 feet of snow in some areas. out west, the latest atmospheric river has moved out of california, but millions of residents are still assessing the damage, while more than 100,000 are without power. cbs's carter evans is in monterey county, where thousands are still evacuated due to a levee breach. >> reporter: storm-battered california has endured yet another pounding. today, governor gavin newsom toured hard-hit monterey county. >> one of my responsibilities to be here for people that are underserved and underrepresented, and we'll be back many times to get the work done. >> reporter: statewide after this massive storm, oversaturated hillsides gave way. sending a wall of mud into this northern california home. south of los angeles, mud shut down the pacific coast highway. the rain and wind toppling trees everywhere. >> there it goes! there it goes.

reporter: an all-too-common site throughout the bay area. the high winds and then high water flooded the first floor of maria cid medina's home. >> you just can't get a ontractor out here right now with the rain. >> reporter: and more rain is in the forecast. all of these rivers are currently above flood stage. in the san bernardino mountains, too much snow in recent weeks turned overnight into too much rain. the warm atmospheric river rapidly melting the snow. the latest threat in a state that had been in extreme drought. just two years ago, san francisco had barely 7 inches of rain. this year, more than 27 inches. nearly a foot above normal. back in pajaro, anais rodriguez has spent five days in a shelter with hundreds of people. what is it like not knowing when you're going to be able to go home? >> you get mad frustrated. >> reporter: now, this may look like a lake behind me, but it is actually a strawberry farm, and floodwaters can contaminate fields, so they can't be

replanted for months. and that is putting farmworkers out of business. today, the governor announced they are all eligible for $600 relief checks. norah? >> norah: looks like water forever in those strawberry filds. carter evans, thank you. back here in washington, the faa held a long-awaited safety summit today following a series of near collisions at airports across the country. transportation secretary pete buttigieg said there have been more mistakes than usual, but added u.s. aviation remains exceptionally safe. cbs's kris van cleave is at reagan national airport with more. >> reporter: tonight, looking for answers after months of scares in the air. from a disruptive passenger attacking a flight attendant with a spoon, to more than two dozen injured in severe turbulence. >> delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. >> reporter: in a series of at least seven close calls on runways in the last three months alone. the faa held its first emergency safety summit in 14 years. >> i think i speak for all of us

when i say that, and certainly the traveling public, that these events are concerning. >> reporter: the most recent close call at washington reagan last week, where a regional jet taxied across a runway another plane was about to take off on. >> aborting takeoff, aborting takeoff. >> these recent incidents must serve as a wake-up call for every single one of us. before something more catastrophic occurs. >> reporter: national transportation safety board chair jennifer homendy. >> we are coming out of the pandemic. we are experiencing a time where we have a lot of new staffing and that requires training. for these incidents. we have to take a pause. >> reporter: is the system stretched to its limits? >> it could be. it certainly is a concern. >> reporter: other concerns include increasing faa funding and the need for more air traffic controllers. the miracle on the hudson pilot

captor sully sullenberger. >> certareuraffected greatlyande under pr, we are singang, wh t s these kinds of incidents pop up as warnings to not try to fly more than we should. >> reporter: the ntsb has made seven safety recommendations around preventing runway collisions dating back 23 years. so far, none have been fully implemented. that includes an early warning system for air traffic controllers. it has been installed at only about 40 u.s. airports. norah? >> norah: that is interesting, kris van cleave, thank you so much. well, there is an update tonight on former president trump's legal troubles. former porn star stormy daniels met with prosecutors investigating alleged hush money payments she received on behalf of the former president. daniels' attorney said she is willing to testify in the case. trump's former attorney michael cohen testified before a grand jury today. he says trump directed him to give daniels $130,000 in 2013 to

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the judge appeared sympathetic in his questions, asking the group's lawyers if there is precedent for a court to withdraw fda approval of a drug. the fda argued the drug is safe and effective, approved up to the tenth week of pregnancy, and has been on the market for more than 20 years. the drug is available by mail even in states where abortion is illegal. >> in some ways this could be a bigger deal than the reversal of roe v. wade was because it could have ripple effects in every state, not just in states that want to ban abortion. >> reporter: john seago, president of the texas right to life, says the goal is to protect americans from unsafe products. is there a concern that could expand far beyond this issue and have unforeseen ramifications? >> no, i think this is absolutely appropriate. there has to be some kind of check on the fda. and on a pro-abortion administration. >> reporter: the judge says he hopes to make a decision in this case as soon as possible. as for safety, norah, two major american medical groups filed

briefs in support of the fda, saying the drug is safe and effective. >> norah: christina ruffini at the courthouse, thank you. in tonight's consumer alert, we have an update on a recall of millions of sleep apnea machines that's been going on for nearly two years. devices made by philips respironics, designed to help people breathe as they sleep, were posing potential health risks. we get more from cbs's anna werner. >> reporter: 48-year-old carrie markham says she spent three years struggling to breathe, suffering from lung problems that began in march of 2020 and puzzled her doctors. >> they just kept saying, we just don't know. some type of inflammatory condition. >> reporter: the registered nurse and mother of three says she had been using a philips dream station cpap machine to treat her sleep apnea since 2018. then, in june of 2021, she says, she saw on facebook that machines like hers had been recalled due to sound abatement foam used inside that could degrade.

philips' recall said potential risks included toxic and carcinogenic effects, asthma, and inflammatory response. >>i was, like, flabbergasted. >> reporter: so, at that point, you hadn't gotten any notification? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: markham is one of numerous suing philips. foam used in cpap machines and machines began in 2015. according to the food and drug administration did not initiate a recall until 2021. two years later, some patients on social media complained they still had not gotten a replacement machine from philips. >> i think this recall shows us how bad things can go when we don't get it right. >> reporter: dr. vinay rathi studies medical device regulation. >> you basically bought a device. you find out that, actually, it could harm you, and then you struggled to find a replacement device. if i were a patient, i would be livid. >> reporter: philips says as

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good evening, we all get to take a sigh of relief, a little breath. but today, everyone is surveying the damage from the historic wind storm, the toppled trees and power lines all across our area. let's take a live look outside. today, we did get a much needed break from the rain and wind, which means many communities were in full cleanup mode. serious cleanup mode. they're trying to remove fallen trees and debris. katie nielsen was out there looking at all the cleanup and also what's happening in the eastbound. >> reporter: you can see the size of the roofs of the trees that fell here in livermore. amazingly no one was hurt when that tree hit the side of the building opening up the gaping hole in what used to be a bedroom. cleanup crews were working all day to remove debris and down trees near portilla avenue. a light pole